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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #10 on: 07 July 2009, 11:55 »
whats light painting ?

pretty much looks like how i always take pics of cars

I refer you to my earlier post :)
well it does exactly what its says on the tin ;)

its a way in which you can make the car really pop out against the background more so than if you were to take a normal shot with the flash bouncing of the celling.

still need to paly around with the right settings but. . .

what you do is take 5/6 pictures, and in each one fire the flash gun at the car  so that it lights up that area, so front, bonnet , front wing, rear quarter etc etc depending on what is facing the camera

the in ps just layer them all and it gives the impression of the car being lit like you see in these fancy mags! ;)

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #11 on: 07 July 2009, 19:01 »
whats light painting ?

pretty much looks like how i always take pics of cars

I refer you to my earlier post :)
well it does exactly what its says on the tin ;)

its a way in which you can make the car really pop out against the background more so than if you were to take a normal shot with the flash bouncing of the celling.

still need to paly around with the right settings but. . .

what you do is take 5/6 pictures, and in each one fire the flash gun at the car  so that it lights up that area, so front, bonnet , front wing, rear quarter etc etc depending on what is facing the camera

the in ps just layer them all and it gives the impression of the car being lit like you see in these fancy mags! ;)

lol sorry mate didnt see that bit. i always assumed it was just taking a pic of a car with flashes.

theres an easier way of doing it (which i use all the time)

set your shot up on a tripod with a shutter speed of 30secs and an iso of 100 (ap is reliant to how much inital light there is).

then simply take the pic and walk round the car shooting the flash from different angles using the "test" flash button.

its just easier to do it in one shot then 4  :grin:

heres some of mine ive taken in this fashion






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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #12 on: 07 July 2009, 23:34 »
yeah ive tried that method before and it just never worked for me :P

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #13 on: 08 July 2009, 00:03 »
Yeah, that's how I do it too :) Long exposure and just walk around the car with the test button. I need more practice with it though.




Great caddy shot Joe - I spotted it over on Flickr yesterday :)

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #14 on: 08 July 2009, 08:47 »
cheers mate really happy with it for a first attempt will be doing some more shots like this soon with my mates GTR  :wink: